| Megatapirus Temporal range: Pleistocene |
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| fossil Megatapirus augustus skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Superfamily: | Tapiroidea |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Megatapirus |
| Species: | M. augustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Megatapirus augustus Matthew & Granger, 1923 |
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Megatapirus is an extinct genus of tapir found in several location in China. It was 7 feet (2.1 m) long and about 3 feet (0.91 m) high. It is also called the giant tapir.